Fairuz
كان الزمان lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Arabic
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1973
- Genre
- Tarab, Levantine Pop
- Length
- 2:35
كان الزمان وكان في دكانه بالفي
There was a time, and he was in his shop with spirits,
وبنيات وصبيان نيجي نلعب عالمي
With girls and boys, we come to play in our world.
يبقي حنا السكران قاعد خلف الدكان
There remains our drunkard sitting behind the shop,
يغني وتحزن بنت الجيران
Singing while the neighbor's girl feels sorrow.
اوعى تنسيني اوعى تنسيني وتذكري حنا السكران
Don't forget me, oh don't forget me, remember our drunkard,
نحن والعصافير كنا بالحي ندور
We and the little birds used to roam in the neighborhood,
صوب الدكان نطير حاملين غمار زهور
Flying towards the shop, holding flowers in our hands.
يبقى حنا السكران ملهي وعلى الحيطان
There remains our drunkard, carefree, on the walls,
عم بيصور بنت الجيران
An old man captures the neighbor's girl,
اوعى تنسيني اوعى تنسيني وتذكري حنا السكران
Don't forget me, oh don't forget me, remember our drunkard.
حلوه بيت الجيران راحت بليله عيد
The neighbor's house was lovely, gone in the night of the feast,
وانهدت الدكان واتعمر بيت جديد
And the shop was torn down, a new house was built,
بعدو حنا السكران على حيطان النسيان
Still, we are the drunk ones on the walls of forgetfulness,
عم بيصور بنت الجيران
He's capturing the neighbor's girl in his lens,
اوعى تنسيني اوعى تنسيني وتذكري حنا السكران
Don't you forget me, don't you forget me, remember we are the drunk ones,
كان الزمان وكان في دكانه بالفي
Once upon a time, there was a shop in the neighborhood,
وبنيات وصبيان نيجي نلعب عالمي
And girls and boys would come to play around me,
يبقى حنا السكران قاعد خلف الدكان
There we stay, the drunk ones, hanging behind the shop,
يغني وتحزن بنت الجيران
He sings while the neighbor's girl feels sad,
اوعى تنسيني اوعى تنسيني وتذكري حنا السكران
Don't you forget me, don't you forget me, remember we are the drunk ones.
اااااه
Ahhhh
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Key vocabulary
- دكانه
- his shop
- بالفي
- with a lie
- وبنيات
- and girls
- نيجي
- come
- عالمي
- worldwide
- يبقي
- stays
- حنا
- we
- قاعد
- sitting
- خلف
- behind
- يغني
- sing
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About this song
Fairuz is a Lebanese singer, actress, and stage performer. Known for classic Arabic music, she is regarded as one of Lebanon’s earliest major artists and a leading voice of the golden era of Lebanese theater and song.